Latest article The Democrats Didn't Win the Election; Trump Lost, So What Has Changed for Türkiye? A breach at the ballot box: Muslim representation, Gaza, and the (un)rising right Aksa Tufanının suları Amerikan sandığını sürükledi İçimizdeki beyinsizlerle sınırlı kalmayan afet: Fon krizi
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Yasin Aktay — Sociologist, author

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The Democrats Didn't Win the Election; Trump Lost, So What Has Changed for Türkiye?

From the factors pointed out by US President Donald Trump in his speech evaluating the election results, it is understood that the election results served as “a lesson for him.” A lesson coming a bit late, of course, even at a stage when it is already too late. Like the words Temel said on his way to execution: “Let this be a lesson to me.” In fact, the interesting side of the matter was that Trump was aware of these lessons long beforehand. Trump, stating that this indicates the priorities of the American people have changed, to the public's dislike of war, gas

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A breach at the ballot box: Muslim representation, Gaza, and the (un)rising right

Mamdani's victory in New York a year ago and now Abdul El-Sayed's election to the Senate are naturally remarkable developments for Muslims in America and supporters of Palestine. Furthermore, in the US midterm elections held last week, Muslim candidates achieved historic success at both the federal and local levels. While a record number of at least 7 Muslim lawmakers were elected to the US Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives), a total of at least 97 Muslims across different levels of governance throughout America

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Aksa Tufanının suları Amerikan sandığını sürükledi

Aksa Tufanı’ndan bir süre önce Hamas liderlerinden Yahya Sinvar şöyle bir konuşma yapmıştı: Birkaç ay içinde, tahminime göre bu süre bir yılı aşmayacak, işgali iki seçenekten biriyle karşı karşıya bırakacağız: Ya onu uluslararası hukuku ve kararları uygulamaya, Batı Şeria ve Kudüs’ten çekilmeye, yerleşimleri dağıtmaya, esirleri bırakmaya ve mültecilerin dönüşünü sağlamaya zorlayacağız ya da işgali bütün uluslararası iradeyle çatışır hâle getirip güçlü biçimde yalnızlaştıracak, bölgeyle ve bütün

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A breach at the ballot box: Muslim representation, Gaza, and the (un)rising right

Mamdani's victory in New York a year ago and now Abdul El-Sayed's election to the Senate are naturally remarkable developments for Muslims in America and supporters of Palestine. Furthermore, in the US midterm elections held last week, Muslim candidates achieved historic success at both the federal and local levels. While a record number of at least 7 Muslim lawmakers were elected to the US Congress (the Senate and the House of Representatives), a total of at least 97 Muslims across different levels of governance throughout America

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Al-Fashir: the massacre of a city, the world's silence

To describe the war that has continued in Sudan since April 2023 as an ordinary power struggle between two armed forces is, as we have written here many times before, both to misunderstand the nature of the catastrophe from the very start and thereby to legitimize it. Because on one side stands the army, which, despite all its weaknesses and political mistakes, represents the institutional existence of the Sudanese state, and on the other a force that was nurtured within the state, then armed against the state, with no law,

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The Democrats Didn't Win the Election; Trump Lost, So What Has Changed for Türkiye?

From the factors pointed out by US President Donald Trump in his speech evaluating the election results, it is understood that the election results served as “a lesson for him.” A lesson coming a bit late, of course, even at a stage when it is already too late. Like the words Temel said on his way to execution: “Let this be a lesson to me.” In fact, the interesting side of the matter was that Trump was aware of these lessons long beforehand. Trump, stating that this indicates the priorities of the American people have changed, to the public's dislike of war, gas

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What good does punishment do for the victim?

The author questions what benefit punishment brings the victim and argues that the person whose right was violated, before the state, should be placed at the centre of punishment. Citing institutions of Islamic law such as blood money, pardon and reconciliation, he proposes sanctions based on repairing the harm.

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İçimizdeki beyinsizlerle sınırlı kalmayan afet: Fon krizi

Fon krizi, artçı sarsıntılarıyla birlikte bütün toplumu sarsan bir afet etkisi yaratmaya devam ediyor. Bütün afetler gibi, toplumun içinden yalnızca beyinsizleri, yani bu işte doğrudan dahli, günahı ve hatası olanları vurmuyor; toplumun tamamını vuruyor. “İçimizdeki beyinsizler yüzünden bizi helak etme, Rabbimiz!” diye bir duamız olsa da maalesef tarihin seyri, bir toplumda göz yumulan, zamanında ses çıkarılmayan ve fütursuzca faaliyetlerini sürdürmeye devam eden mücrimler yüzünden yaşanan bu tür

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A life with the flavour of conversation among books: in memory of Cevat Özkaya

The author commemorates the recently deceased publisher Cevat Özkaya, describing how he lived publishing not as a career step but as responsibility and devotion. He argues that the publishers who brought ideas to people deserve their rightful place in the history of Islamist thought.

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  • 7Nov
    Interview20:00Özevler Mah., İvedik Cad., 946. Sok. No: 12/A, Yenimahalle / Ankara

    MEKDAV Kültür Söyleşileri: "Tarih Yapmak veya Tarih Yazmak"

    MEKDAV Kültür Söyleşileri kapsamında Prof. Dr. Yasin Aktay, tarih, toplum ve insanın tarihsel süreçlerdeki rolünü ele alıyor. Söyleşi 7 Kasım 2026 Cumartesi günü saat 20.00'de Ankara'da yapılıyor.

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    He will speak at the panel organized in cooperation between the İLKE Foundation and the Platform. The panel is in Turkish and English with simultaneous interpretation. Attendance is free; registration is required as places are limited.

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